hmm aren't there words like "sayonara, arigato, hara-kiri" where the 'r' is pronounced...?

The "r"s are pronounced sort of like a "d". That's the only example I could think of atm. The "l" sound, however, is missing from the Japanese language. So when it is pronounced, usually the "r"s replaces it.

When you pronounce the "r", softly flick your tongue upward. Keep in mind that the "r"s are always followed by "ra", "ri", "ru", "ro", or "re".

The "r"s are pronounced sort of like a "d". That's the only example I could think of atm. The "l" sound, however, is missing from the Japanese language. So when it is pronounced, usually the "r"s replaces it.

When you pronounce the "r", softly flick your tongue upward. Keep in mind that the "r"s are always followed by "ra", "ri", "ru", "ro", or "re".

The "r"s are pronounced sort of like a "d". That's the only example I could think of atm. The "l" sound, however, is missing from the Japanese language. So when it is pronounced, usually the "r"s replaces it.

When you pronounce the "r", softly flick your tongue upward. Keep in mind that the "r"s are always followed by "ra", "ri", "ru", "ro", or "re".

ra, ri, ru, re, ro is pronounced as la, li, lu, le, lo. That is the romanization. Here is the Hiragana version of those letters: ら, り, る, れ, ろ.

@fiversThe 'r' in "sayonara, arigato, hara-kiri" is pronounced as 'l'.

I know many Asians who can speak English with a British accept and flawless Chinese.

+1 for slave mentality. so let me ask you: why can a white man, in an Asian country, speak with a terrible accent and people would be bowing down to him like "oh master, you bothered to learn the language of us lowly colonial slaves" while in an Anglophone country, an Asian speaking with even a slight accent is BAD and WRONG?

+1 for slave mentality. so let me ask you: why can a white man, in an Asian country, speak with a terrible accent and people would be bowing down to him like "oh master, you bothered to learn the language of us lowly colonial slaves" while in an Anglophone country, an Asian speaking with even a slight accent is BAD and WRONG?

You have to ask those people who do that.

Personally, as someone who speaks many languages, I don't find it remarkable when someone can speak a few words of some foreign language.